Neurophysiological Basis of Resting-State Functional Connectivity: Evidence from Rodents, Monkeys to Humans
Member-Initiated Symposium

ORGANIZERS: Shella Keilholz, Hanbing Lu

Monday, 18 June 2018

Session Number: MIS-06

Overview
This symposium examines the neurophysiological processes that contribute to resting-state functional MRI and functional connectivity. A growing body of evidence indicates that global fluctuations in metabolism, slowly changing arousal levels, and neural activity related to cognition/information processing all play a role in spontaneous BOLD oscillations. This symposium brings together speakers with expertise in modalities including positron emission tomography, electroencephalography, and magnetoencephalography to show how multimodal studies can inform the interpretation of resting state MRI. Speakers will give short presentations that review evidence for each contribution to the BOLD signal and hopefully spark a lively discussion at the end of the session about how the BOLD fluctuations can be used to distinguish neurophysiological processes to better understand both normal brain organization and changes that occur with brain disease.

Target Audience
Anyone interested in resting state functional MRI.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
- Define physiology of resting-state fMRI; and
- Demonstrate functional connectivity data interpretation.